As we are already in our 6th year now, it is about time
we reviewed our strategy and restructure our programs to suit the needs
of not only the students who want to learn Chinese, but also of the serious
scholars who want to know about China.
Although Nepal and China share borders and a long history of good relations,
Nepal still does not have a China research center that would help many
of our teachers and students learn more about China by conducting researches
on modern China. As such, our understanding of China is limited and we
have to rely on the Western sources that are not always accurate to learn
about what is happening in China. CIKU, therefore, needs to evolve as
a research center that will help many academics with their studies/researches
on China, especially related to business and contemporary issues. Of course,
our primary responsibility is and will always remain promoting Chinese
language and culture, but having an additional responsibility of serving
the needs of the academics will do wonders and make CIKU a popular place
among serious scholars. This will also help us in integrating ourselves
to the University°«s core.
CIKU will strongly support the Xin Han Xue Ji Hua and send the most competent
students/scholars to study/research related to Chinese development, foreign
policy and contemporary/modern history. CIKU will also invite reputed
scholars from China to give lectures on various aspects of Chinese society,
foreign relations and development. CIKU will strive toward becoming a
platform for exchange of ideas between the Chinese and Nepali/foreign
scholars on various issues pertaining to China. CIKU will focus more on
finding the similarities between the traditional and modern Chinese cultures
with Nepali culture, to attract the students°« interests. We will promote
more of modern Chinese culture and issues that would make the students
feel that China/Chinese people are good, normal, regular people as opposed
to the Western media reports that tend to portray China in a negative
light. We will publish an annual research journal with articles by Chinese/Nepali
and foreign scholars of repute on various aspects of modern/contemporary
China. CIKU will offer limited research grants/scholarships to students
who are conducting their research on modern China at universities in Nepal.
CIKU also hopes to have two Chinese students who are currently enrolled
at Chinese universities and who are doing their research on China-Nepal/China-South
Asia or South Asian issues by offering scholarships.